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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) funded study confirmed the major differences between industry, governments and environmentalists over the development of nanotechnology, whose use in coatings and paint is being enthusiastically researched. This ‘mapping study on regulation and governance of nanotechnologies’ involving Britain’s Institute of nanotechnology, the Innovation Society, Switzerland, and others.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

INDIA’S US$12.4 billion annual turnover tobacco industry is passing through a difficult period, with little hope for a better future, despite its continued large size – this estimate coming from the Tobacco Institute of India for sales of all tobacco products, chewing tobacco and beedis.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo, EMMA JACKSON and LEAH GERMAIN

TIME was when counterfeit personal care products were commonly crude fake perfumes pedalled in markets and workplaces during the Christmas and other festive periods to bargain hunters who knew they were buying rubbish.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded study has confirmed the major differences between industry, governments and environmentalists over nanotechnology. This ‘mapping study on regulation and governance of nanotechnologies’ involving Britain’s Institute of nanotechnology, the Innovation Society, Switzerland, and others. It confirmed environmental and consumer groups want probes into nanosafety and a "strict precautionary approach"; industry thinks current environmental health laws are sufficient; while governments prefer more studies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has drawn back from a robust collective response to the swine flu crisis, despite the disease spreading around Europe. Meeting on Thursday, the EU Council of Ministers for health rejected a French proposal for an EU-wide travel ban to Mexico, the source of the outbreak.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned about the risks involved in incorporating nanoparticles in food and drink packaging and products. Its scientific committee says each use of nanotechnology in foods and related packaging should be assessed case-by-case.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE THUMBSCREWS are being turned on the world’s tax havens, preventing their banks hiding assets from tax investigators worldwide. A comprehensive communiqué from April 1 and 2s’ G20 meeting in London committed member governments "to take agreed action against those jurisdictions which do not meet international standards in relation to tax transparency."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, EMMA JACKSON and ALAN OSBORN

DESPITE widespread initial scepticism about its viability, the ITER project to build the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor is now under way. It is employing specialists (nearly 300 staff and rising at the end of 2008); releasing Euro millions in research and procurement funding; and in November of last year moved into its headquarters, in Cadarache, southern France, which is where the first nuclear fusion reactor will be built on a 180 hectare site.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded study confirmed the major differences between industry, governments and environmentalists over nanotechnology. This ‘mapping study on regulation and governance of nanotechnologies’ involving Britain’s Institute of nanotechnology, the Innovation Society, Switzerland, and others, showed environmental and consumer groups wanting probes into nanosafety and a "strict precautionary approach".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, EMMA JACKSON and ALAN OSBORN

IN the early 1990s the nuclear power industry faced a bleak outlook. High profile accidents such as in Chernobyl and Three Mile Island in, Pennsylvania, the USA, had raised public concern about the safety of the industry to all time high.…